The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-06
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
STATE TICKET NOMINATED AT
SARATOGA-THE PLATFORM
CLEVELAND HEARTILY
ENDORSED.
The New York Democratic Convention
Concluded its Work at Saratoga on
Wednesday, September 2S.
THE PLATFORM.

of the last fiscal year exceeded one
hundred millions. Unnecessary tax
alton is unjust taxation. Therefore
the Democracy of New York demand
that Federal taxation be straightway
reduced by sum not less than one
hundred millions year, and also re-
spectfully urge upon Congree that a
measure shall be adopted will,
in the language of the , ddent's in.
augural address, "rx< -fe people from
unnecessary taxation, having due
regard to the interests of capital in
vested and workingmeu employed in
American INDUSTRIES The taxes to
be first reduced or altogether removed
are those on imported raw materials,
which now assist and promote for
eign competition with ourselves in
our own markets and prevent or him
der the sale of our surplus products
in foreign markets. Along with
those taxes should be forthwith re-
/ mitted or reduced taxation which in
creases the cost to our wage.earners
of the common necessaries of life and
the price of the common daily cloth.
ing of all our people. Besides these
there are several hundred articles,
among the 4,182 articles now taxed,
which should be swept off the tax list
into the free list, thereby diminish.
ing the cost Of collecting all our sea-
port taxes and casting away those
which are petty, needless and vexa!
| tious. We also urge an immediate
enactment of the measures prepared
by Manning and Hewitt, and report:
ed to the last House by the commit
tee Of ways and means, to systemize,
simplify and economize the machin.
cry for the collection Of the customs
revenue, and especially for making g
correct appraisement of foreign val.
ues, where ad valorem rates Of duty
shall be retained.
IMMIGRATION.
To all citizens born in foreign
lands, and to the multitude Of our
native citizens who desire to obtain
and securely hold their homes, the
Democratic party has rendered ines-
timable service in reclaiming from
speculative railroad corporations the
public lands which such corpora
tions, by the corrupt aid Of Republi-
can Administrations, had seized to
be disposed Of for their private gains:
Many millions of acres of these laIds
have been so recovered by the Dem.
ocratic Administration end returned
to the people for the use of actual
settlers. r
The Democratic party is the
proved friend of all who have come
to our Country seeking to become
partners in it's welfare and citizens
obedient to our laws. There is in
our America bread enough and work
enough for all, and the Federal laws
now Oh the statute book for the pro-
! lection of foreign emigration do not,
in our opinion, if they shall be faith
fully executed by the proper Fed
eral and State authorities, require
present enlargement or amendment.
CIVIL SERVICE ENDORSED.
The Democracy of New York reit-
crate their support of the civil SER
vice laws of the United States and of
the State of New York, and OF their
purpose to uphold them both. In
view of the radical change in admin
istrative methods, which grow out of
the civil service laws and the differ.
ences of opinion which exist in re.
lation thereto, we deem the subject
one which might appropriately be
submitted to a popular vote.
PANDER1NG TO THE PENSIONERS.
Notwithstanding the decided de-
crease in the ordinary expenditures
Of Government, faithful soldiers, sail.
ors and their families have been gen.
erously remembered, and the annual
pension list under Democratic con.
troll shows payments in number and
amount largely in excess Of those
during the years of Republican ad-
minissration.
THE WRONGS OF IRELAND.
The Democracy of the State of
New York deplore the wrongs in.
hicted in Ireland by the coercive and
despotic power of the English Gov.
eminent, and express to that suffer-
ing people the earnest hope that they
may speedily enjoy the blessings Of
home rule and of civil liberty.
OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION,
We favor a revised excise law, ap-